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Structure of the Probate Office

The Probate Office consists of 4 public offices:

General Office: responsible for maintaining records of all grants of representation which have issued and for providing copies of probate documents. This office has the greatest amount of contact with the general public

Seat Office: assess applications for grants of probate or administration lodged by solicitors and their agents.

Rules Office: responsible for searching records to ensure that there is no impediment to issuing the grant of representation. Citations, caveats, subpoenas, court motions and Probate Office motions are issued and filed in the rules office. Court Orders from the Probate Court list, Probate Officer's Orders and Side Bar Orders made pursuant to the Rules of Court issue from the rules office. This office also deals with requests received by post for copies of probate documents.

Probate Personal Applications Section: enquiries about personal applications may be made by email to ProbatePersonalApplications@courts.ie Personal Applications Grants of Probate/Letters of Administration may be obtained by instructing a solicitor or by application in person to the Probate Office or the District Probate Registry for the county where the deceased lived.

(District Probate Registries are under the control of County Registrars with authority to issue grants of representation where the deceased at the time of his/her death had a fixed place of abode within the area of jurisdiction of the District Registry).

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Related Documents

Dealing with the deceased's estateThis covers in detail the steps involved in taking out probate or letters of administration in Ireland. What an executor or administrator must do to implement the will or the requirement of the Succession Act.

Making a willWhat is a will? The practical steps involved in making a will and what happens when someone dies without having made a will.

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